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Inaugurated
  
1989

Purse
  
115,065 USD (2016)

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Woodbine RacetrackToronto, Ontario Canada

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
woodbineentertainment.com

Distance
  
6 furlongs (0.75 mi) sprint

2012 royal north stakes


The Royal North Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1989 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held in early August, the Grade III sprint race is open to fillies and mares aged three and older and is run over a distance of six furlongs on turf. It currently offers a purse of $115,065.

Contents

Inaugurated in 1989 as the Royal North Handicap, it was run as a six furlong race on dirt until 1996 when it was switched to Woodbine Racetrack's E. P. Taylor turf course.

Records

Speed record: (Through 1998, times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)

  • 1:07.39 - Ageless (2014)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Confessional (2000, 2001)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Knob Hill Stable (1993, 2003)
  • 2 - Frank Stronach and/or Stronach Stables (1995, 2004)
  • 2 - Pin Oak Stable (2000, 2001)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Todd Kabel (1995, 2003, 2004)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 2 - Phil England (1989, 1993)
  • 3 - Robert P. Tiller (1990, 1997, 2013)
  • 2 - H. Graham Motion (2000, 2001)

    • References

    Royal North Stakes Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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